Behind the seven-broken wall is a shed made of tattered debris and covered with a raincloth that has been eroded by the wind and rain. There are also some yellowish residual snow and soil piled on the roof.
The mixture looked a bit dirty. A gust of cold wind blew over, and the raincloth covering the shed suddenly made a harsh sound, as if the entire shed was about to collapse.
There is still some muddy water on the ground, which seems to be a relic of the heavy snowfall a few days ago. In the small, dark, damp shed, there are two beds made of wooden boards and bricks, one of which is squeezed desperately.
There was a sleeping old man lying on a bed. Xie Yongxia recognized it at a glance as his half-mother. Although the ruthless years had whitened the old man's temples and made her older, she was born here.
Yu Si’s half-mother is a benefactor he will never forget in this life.
"Juanzi, what's going on?" Xie Yongxia asked eagerly. Juanzi ignored him at all and was still busy working in front of the dark stove built with stones and cement blocks. Xie Yongxia was almost mad.
, I couldn't help raising my voice and asked again. At this time, Ban Niang was awakened.
"Juan'er, Juan'er, who is it?" came the old man's weak voice from the shed, accompanied by a violent cough.
"Juan'er, Juan'er, who is it?" Seeing that his daughter-in-law didn't answer, the old man asked again.
At this time, Juanzi was probably feeling sorry for her sick mother-in-law, so she said something that made Xie Yongxia's eyes go dark.
"Mom, don't ask, it's just the heartless and ungrateful Xie brothers." "What! What did you say?" Xie Yongxia was like an angry lion, his eyes were as wide as copper coins, and he couldn't help pinching
He raised his fists, but soon realized that he had lost his composure; Juanzi looked at Xie Yongxia's furious look with a sneer, without the slightest hint of panic, and uttered another sentence that made Xie Yongxia want to hit his head against the south wall to death.
"What is the most despicable thing that you Xie brothers dare not do?" "Juan'er, Juan'er, do you mean Xia'er or Dong'er! Who is it?" Another voice came from the shed.
sound.
At this time, Xie Yongxia quickly walked into the shed, came to the old man's bed, leaned down and said to her: "Ban Niang, Ban Niang, it's me, I'm Xia'er, I'm here to see you, old man." The old man said.
He was a little excited. He slowly stretched out a pair of trembling hands from the bed with protruding veins, gently touched Xie Yongxia's face, and kept saying, "Is it Xia'er? Is it really Xia'er?"
Is it really you?" At this time, he found that the old man's eyes were completely blind and he was still running a high fever.
Looking at everything in front of him, Xie Yongxia could no longer hold back the huge pain in his heart. His tears could not help but gush out like streams of spring water, filling his eyes and slowly blurring his vision.
At this unforgettable moment, he broke down in tears.
At this time, another man's cry came from outside the shed, and Xie Yongxia knew as soon as he heard it that he was Shi Dazhu. He slowly put Ban Niang's hand into the quilt, tidied it up for her, and straightened the quilt.
Then he turned around and left the shack.
Shi Dazhu, who is only one year younger than Xie Yongxia but has gray hair, is squatting on the ground not far from Juanzi and the stove. "Brother!"
The pillar was raised from the ground.
"Tell me, what is going on?" Xie Yongxia shook his arm vigorously, but Dazhu still kept crying.
"Just say it! Just say it! A big man only knows how to cry." Juanzi stood in front of the stove and urged him in a reproachful tone. After a while, Shi Dazhu slowly spoke.
"At the beginning of last year, we were demolishing Wenmiao Street, and it was said that it was being developed by Yaskawa Urban Construction Company. As a result, the housing was evacuated, but there was no news about compensation. We went to ask the county demolition office, and they said that the company's payment had not arrived, so they asked us to
Let's go to Yaskawa Urban Company to solve the problem." Shi Dazhu said aggrievedly.
"Wait a minute, is the Yaskawa Urban Construction Company you are talking about Xie Yongdong's company?" Xie Yongxia interjected.
Shi Dazhu nodded: "Yes." "Everyone in Confucius Street knows the relationship between your Xie family and our family, and they all said that I would go out to find Xie Yongdong. This matter would be much easier to handle, not to mention that I am still a county construction company affiliated with the company.
Employees of the team." "What's the result?" Xie Yongxia asked.
"I went there and couldn't see Xie Yongdong. People in the company said he was not here. I went to his home to look for him. They also said he was not here. So I looked for him everywhere in the city and finally found him in a hotel. He said
He would come and solve the matter personally. I came back and told the good news to the neighbors, and everyone was very happy. But after waiting for a full month, he didn't come. Now the neighbors were anxious, so I went to find him again, and he simply
I just said that the company has no money now and can't control it so leniently. It just wants to implement the compensation for my family first because of the long-term friendship between the two companies. I said what should I do? If we want to implement it, we have to include our neighbors. As a result
We started to quarrel, and he called a few people to kick me out. I had to go to the city government...and looked...and looked...This made Xie Yongdong angry, and he resigned from my post.
I became angry, so I went to find Mayor Wang...and searched...and searched again...but I was arrested by the Public Security Bureau and put in wait, and was also put in a detention center, saying that I was deliberately disrupting the government." Xie Yongxia listened more and more.
The more he felt the anger rising in his chest, he said sternly: "Why didn't you tell me for so long?" Shi Dazhu was stunned for a while, and suddenly burst into tears with a "Wow!"
I have looked for you twice, my sister-in-law...".
"What! You said Yang Lei...what? What?" Xie Yongxia asked in surprise.
"Last autumn, I went to the provincial capital to look for you. When I arrived at the leadership dormitory of your provincial party committee compound, the armed police standing guard at the door refused to let me in. I said I was looking for you, and they called to inquire. No one was home. I was there.
Then wait! Wait! Wait until ten o'clock in the evening! Finally I saw the lights in your house turned on. After I went in, my sister-in-law was at home. She thought I was dirty and didn't let me in. She just listened to what I said on the stairs and said
I came back to tell you." "After waiting for a while, I saw that the compensation had not been implemented, so I went to find you again. This time, my sister-in-law didn't even open the door. She just asked the armed police soldiers to send 900 yuan and said not to come again in the future.
I'm tired of annoying Lao Xie and her, so I gave up completely this time." At this time, Xie Yongxia finally solved all the doubts just now. To him, everything in front of him was like a thunderbolt, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark. He couldn't accept the facts before him, and he couldn't accept it.
He couldn't accept what Shi Dazhu said. At this moment, his inner world was suffering from the fire of hell. He felt that his thighs could no longer support him, just like a small sampan sailing in a hurricane.
Overturned by huge waves.
Every word Shi Dazhu said once again brought back Juanzi's sad memories. She, who had always been gentle and virtuous, could no longer control herself. She excitedly shouted at Xie Yongxia: "It's so painful to be cheated by Xie Yongdong and the others."
It’s not just us historians, nor just the dozen or so businesses on No. 12, but hundreds or thousands of businesses in this Wenmiao Street and this area. Mr. Xie Daguan, do you want to take a look here to see how many businesses like ours are there?
Are there any households that can't find a place to shelter from the rain?" She jumped up on a broken wall and shouted loudly towards the ruins: "Everyone, come out! Everyone, come out! The leaders are here to visit everyone!" After shouting for a while, she was also
No one was seen.
Juanzi became anxious now and shouted loudly: "Come on, everyone! Come on, everyone! Xie Yongdong is here, Xie Yongdong is here." At this time, Xie Yongxia saw people gradually rushing towards here, and the number of people was getting bigger and bigger.
More and more people came, some with sticks and the like in their hands. Some strong men ran over and shouted loudly: "beat him to death, beat him to death, don't let that bitch escape." After a while,
Dozens of angry people gathered in the open space in front of Shi Dazhu's shack, including men, women, old people and children. They carefully looked at Xie Yongxia, who looked somewhat similar to Xie Yongdong, and found that he was not Xie Yongdong.
So he asked: "Juanzi, where is Xie Yongdong?".
At this time, someone in the crowd recognized Xie Yongxia and shouted, "He is the boss of the Xie family and a high-ranking official in the province." As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd suddenly resembled a swarm of disturbed bees, and everyone started talking in all directions.
Already.
Xie Yongxia looked at these former neighbors. He felt bursts of pain in his heart that made his throat feel tight. He waved his arms and said loudly in a hoarse voice: "Dear neighbors: I am Xie Yongdong's brother. If you want to beat me, you can beat me."
Me, our Xie family is sorry for everyone. I have one thing to say, I just found out about your situation, please don’t worry, neighbors, please give me three days, I will be responsible for solving your problems..." "Hmph!
Solve it, that’s what the officials say every time they come, but we have been waiting for almost two years and still haven’t solved it. Why should we believe you?” When someone said this, the crowd that had just calmed down began to become restless again.
No matter how Xie Yongxia explained it, it was of no avail.
Shi Dazhu stood up slowly, walked to Xie Yongxia and said to everyone, "Brother Xie said it, I, I believe it." "Zhuzi! You!" Juanzi, who was standing on the broken wall, was full of anger and wanted to stop him. Shi Dazhu looked at it.
Watching Juanzi, he continued to say again: "Young and old men in the neighborhood, I believe what Brother Xie said." Under the guidance of Shi Dazhu, Xie Yongxia entered the shed of this house and exited the shed of that house, almost
He visited all the slums in this area, checking and comforting them until nine o'clock in the evening. Faced with the vivid facts, Xie Yongxia was deeply moved. He had never thought that under the blue and sunny sky of the Republic, there were still things like this.
As an urban refugee in a desolate situation, he felt that the problem reported by Xue Qi, the organization director of the municipal party committee that day, seemed to be not groundless. Such a serious violation of party discipline and state law actually happened to a man who was "bold, courageous, and capable."
A place governed by Mayor Wang Jiaquan who is "capable".
Suddenly he thought that he still had some things to deal with immediately, so he called the driver in Yaskawa to pick him up immediately.
His mother and Xie Yongdong were anxiously waiting for him to come back at home. As soon as Xie Yongxia, who was full of anger, came home, he hurriedly picked up his briefcase and went out. The mother didn't know what happened and asked eagerly: "Xia'er, Xia'er, Xia'er,
Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
"Mom, it's okay." Xie Yongxia suppressed the anger in his heart and answered calmly as he walked away.
"Brother, what's the matter?" As soon as Xie Yongdong said this, Xie Yongxia, who was walking out of the house, turned around, stared at him fiercely, and said sternly: "Mr. Xie! Before I come back to settle the score for you, there are two things you need to do immediately
I have to do it. First, send the bedridden mother to the hospital for treatment immediately. This is a private matter of the family. Second, you should go back to the company immediately to raise funds and give me the shantytowns in the Wenmiao Street area in San.
After the resettlement is completed within the day, no more family is allowed to continue to live in the shed. This is a public matter." "Dang!" With a crisp sound, the bowl in Xie Yongdong's hand, who was dumbfounded, fell heavily.
On the ground...
8. Although her mother didn’t know what happened, she heard from Xie Yongxia’s words to his brother that Xie Yongxia asked Xie Yongdong to send Ban Niang to the hospital for treatment immediately. She intuitively felt that something might really have happened to Ban Niang.
.
"Dong'er, Dong'er, what's Ban Niang like?", "Dong'er, Dong'er, what's Ban Niang like? You're talking!" the mother asked eagerly.
At this time, Xie Yongdong, who was sitting on the sofa, was dumbfounded, his mind went blank. He never expected that in just a few hours, his brother would understand and know about the affairs in Wenmiao Street. Facing his mother's
After asking hard, he knew that he could no longer stay at home, so he excused himself by using the excuse of seizing the time to implement the tasks assigned by his brother.
He stood up suddenly and said to his mother: "Mom, I'm going to do something first and I'll tell you later." After that, he grabbed his coat and went out.
Mother stayed at home alone, always thinking about Ban Niang. Ever since she moved out of Wenmiao Street last year, she hadn't seen her for more than a year without realizing it, and she still felt a little uneasy. She didn't know where Ban Niang lived now.
There, I called Xie Yongdong's cell phone several times to ask him, but Xie Yongdong didn't dare to answer the phone, so I had to call the nanny Agui and accompany her to the old house on Wenmiao Street to inquire about Ban Niang's current whereabouts. Originally, she
I know that the Wenmiao Street area seems to have been completely demolished, so no one should live there anymore, but just now Xia'er angrily mentioned what they called shanty towns, and it seems like there are still people living in that area.
Although the night was already very late, mother and Agui decided to go to Wenmiao Street. They took a taxi from near the Emerald Garden and headed towards the old city...
After Xie Yongdong came out of his home, he drove alone to the Music Square by the Cuishui River. By this time, the square had long lost the lively scene during the day. Only some cleaning workers occasionally cleaned up the remaining peels and paper scraps. The usually bustling crowds had dispersed.
Go there and the huge square becomes very deserted.
Xie Yongdong needed such a peaceful environment. He came to a bench in front of the green space and sat down. He buried his head deeply between his hands, holding a freshly lit cigarette in his mouth and puffing hard. It was a severe winter.
During the season, the gusts of cold wind blowing from the Cuishui River can make passersby feel a chill in their hearts. However, at this time, there were beads of sweat on Xie Yongdong's forehead. He was in a state of confusion.
, because he knew clearly what his brother meant by what he said before he left home, and it was not just a joke; he knew even more clearly that with the current situation of the company, it would take three days.
It was simply impossible to relocate all the shanty towns in the Wenmiao Street area, and now what should we do to reverse this deadlock? He thought hard about the problem he was facing.
He sorted through his messy thoughts, and finally determined that the source of his brother's anger must be Ban Niang. Since Ban Niang was the fuse, the wisest way now is to kill it before it explodes.
To cut it off, as long as he solves the problem of Ban Niang's family and changes from passive to active, then all the subsequent problems can be easily solved. As for solving the family's compensation, he can do it and do it well.
That’s right! As long as the half-brother’s family’s affairs are settled, it is possible to obtain the mother’s forgiveness. As long as the mother is firmly grasped in the hand, it is equivalent to having a “life-saving straw” and a “safe haven”. After making up your mind,
He decided to drive to Confucius Temple Street immediately in the dead of night.
Just when he was about to arrive at his old house on Wenmiao Street, he found an ambulance parked in front. With the help of the weak car lights, he saw some doctors and nurses in white clothes carrying patients to the car from a distance. No.
After a while, Shi Dazhu and Juanzi ran out of the ruins and hurriedly caught up with the car. He immediately realized whether Ban Niang was in trouble. He was about to open the car door and go out to take a look, when the ambulance sounded.
With the siren blaring, he headed towards the hospital, and he had no choice but to follow closely behind.
The ambulance stopped in front of the outpatient clinic building, and several doctors ran out of it. The nurse and the people in the car pushed the patient into the emergency room for rescue. Only Shi Dazhu and Juanzi were left sitting in the corridor on the bench outside.
Waiting anxiously.
At this time, Xie Yongdong lit a cigarette in the car. With the curl of green smoke, he was thinking about what he should do in such a situation.
To be fair, Xie Yongdong is not the kind of person who is "unconscionable" as Juanzi said. In his inner world, except for
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